If you travel deep into the rocky hills and arid landscape of the Northern Cape Province, you will find the charming Karoo village of Carnarvon. Originally known as the village of Harmsfontein, named so in the late 1700s, the village was located within a territory known as Schietfontein.
This little place of sanctuary in an otherwise unforgivable area, however, changed its name in honour of the then British Colonial Secretary, Lord Carnarvon in 1874.
Flat-topped hills and endless plains dominate the surrounding environment, and the area of Carnarvon is very much at the heart of South Africa’s sheep-farming industry. Other than traditional country hospitality and fantastic mutton, Carnarvon will charm visitors with its lonely windmills, unique corbelled houses, Karoo architecture, the quaint Rhenish church, starry skies and the unparalleled peace and quiet of this sparsely populated land.
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As with most upper Northern Cape towns, Carnarvon is famous for its merino sheep farming industry. Here, in the sparse and arid environment,...